Cargo Cult

Sep 03 2024 39 ep. 62 mins 105
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Small talk about big tech with @NaomiKaravani and @PeopleConspire. Complain at [email protected].

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Requiem for a Friend

Sep 03 2024 58 mins  
Friendship is so important. Photo: Avi Schiffman

STOP SPYING!!!!! (ft. Albert Fox Cahn)

Aug 27 2024 60 mins  
We ask Albert Fox Cahn, founder and Executive Director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), about how local policing has turned into local surveillance, the campaign to ban facial recognition in New York State, personalized "AI" pricing, opting out at airport security, and more.Cahn's Business Insider piece on home insurance spying: https://www.b

Storyliving & Dying by Disney

Aug 20 2024 47 mins  
Disclaimer of Liability:The "Cargo Cult" podcast (hereinafter referred to as "the Podcast") is produced and distributed by Naomi Karavani, Michele Greenstein, their affiliates, partners, agents, and any of their representatives (collectively referred to as "the Producer"). By accessing and listening to the Podcast, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by th

Great White Rocks (ft. Risqué Business News)

Aug 13 2024 55 mins  
We talk about water treatment plants failing to stop drugs from making it into the ocean, Elon Musk losing advertisers on X, viral "AI" images on Facebook, and more. Photo: Shrimp JesusMae on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mae_planert/?hl=enLaura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurasogar/?hl=en--🔥✨📆💫☄️Pre-order the 2025 Cargo Cult Calendar: htt

Vance in My Pants (ft. Jorge Rocha)

Aug 06 2024 85 mins  
We got a Peter Thiel-funded venture capital tech bro on the ticket before GTA 6Jorge on X: https://x.com/LineGoesDownUnlimited Hangout article about Vance & Thiel: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/07/investigative-reports/the-man-behind-trumps-vp-pick-its-worse-than-you-think/--🔥✨📆💫☄️Pre-order the 2025 Cargo Cult Calendar: https://tally.so/r/mDel4j🔥✨📆�

Who Needs Arms

Jul 16 2024 85 mins  
Thousands of unionized workers at Samsung, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, are striking against the company’s refusal to negotiate. Demands include a 3.5% base rate increase, paid leave for the date of union establishment, compensation for loss of wages during the strike, and transparency into the incentive-based bonus system. The union has about 30k members and represent

When Google Met Wikileaks

Jul 09 2024 78 mins  
We explore the secret 2011 meeting between then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt and then-on-house-arrest Julian Assange and consider how the internet has changed the relationship between people and the corporate state. We also talk about brat summer and the Council on Foreign Relations. Photo: Eric Schmidt & Jared CohenTranscript of 2011 Meeting: https://wikileaks.org/Transcript-Meetin

Cypherpunk Wikifreaks

Jul 02 2024 55 mins  
We talk about Julian Assange's plea deal, the "censorship pyramid," encryption as resistance, an NSA patent Assange found in 1999, Hillary Clinton's Russian Wikileaks, the CIA being able to hack into Apple and Android cellphones, and more. TW: Cenk Uygur's voice at 7:30 ish. Photo: Julian AssangeAssange’s 2006 Blog Post: https://cryptome.org/iq-org/IQ.ORG.htmI

Apple Pai

Jun 18 2024 52 mins  
Apple's launching a new set of generative AI tools and making privacy promises about integrating with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Elon Musk is OpenAI's #1 hater, and also bad at dating. Grok needs a new name probably.--🔥✨📆💫☄️Pre-order the 2025 Cargo Cult Calendar: https://tally.so/r/mDel4j🔥✨📆💫☄️

AI Warfare Conference

Jun 04 2024 64 mins  
We watch 20 hours of the two-day "AI Expo for National Competitiveness" so you don't have to, and talk about Eric Schmidt's new kamikaze drone company. Photo: Eric Schmidt